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2nd October 2009, 11:32 AM
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...with greek subtitles Η κατάρρευση της αυτοκρατορίας. Το Βυζαντινό μά	
I found it not-a-waste-of-time to watch. I'm only saying not-a-waste-of-time, I'm not saying if I liked it or not, if I agreed or not etc so that everyone can form their opinion  .
I was told it was shown on greek TV ET-3 at some point during the summer, preceded by discussion featuring the monk that narrates, professor Yannaras who was very much on the monk's side & somebody else opposing (I don't know who). |
7th November 2009, 06:43 AM
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Reps: 2,718,001,968,591,998 (power: 2,718,001,968,595) | | Originally Posted by Kreikkalainen  ...with greek subtitles Η κατάρρευση της αυτοκρατορίας. Το Βυζαντινό μά	
I found it not-a-waste-of-time to watch. I'm only saying not-a-waste-of-time, I'm not saying if I liked it or not, if I agreed or not etc so that everyone can form their opinion .
I was told it was shown on greek TV ET-3 at some point during the summer, preceded by discussion featuring the monk that narrates, professor Yannaras who was very much on the monk's side & somebody else opposing (I don't know who). I saw the programme on ET-3 with monk Tychon and Professor Yiannaras. It was nice to listen to father Tychon speaking about his documentary live on television. I watched the documentary not too long after it was produced and I really loved it. It sheds light to many factors explaining why the empire collapsed. It was also very interesting to know Yiannaras view on the movie. Fr. Tychon was giving a lecture about his movie last month in Athens. If I am not mistaken, fr. Tychon is also the spiritual father of the PM of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin. As far as I know he is a highly respected figure back in his country.
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19th November 2009, 01:09 PM
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20th December 2009, 12:41 PM
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Reps: 66,459,839,316,381,360 (power: 66,459,839,316,385) | | Yeah, I'm not sure I agree with everything in the film. It was very obvious that the monk narrating it had a certain political agenda in mind. Still, it does touch some issues that we greeks don't (want to) face normally - the most obvious being that the eastern roman empire was *not* in fact a "greek empire", at least not until its late period.
It's also true that history is *always* written with an agenda in mind, so in that respect it's at least not worse than any other attempt to explain / analyse history. I found it good food-for-thought.
I for one self-identify as a greek-speaking roman  .
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